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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Corrientes Grand Slam
May 22 - 26, 2013

(14) Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands

Alexander Brouwer
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 3, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Leiden

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

175

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$738,281.13

Robert Meeuwsen
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 21, 1988 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Nieuwegein

Height:

207 cm (6'9")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

156

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$667,476.13

Awards

Best Hitter 2017, 2018

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	41	57	CQ	Money
CEV	22	1	1	2	3	5	0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$93,647.80
FIVB	128	7	10	8	7	25	1	34	1	18	2	7	4	3	1	0	US$1,218,725.00
Overall	150	8	11	10	10	30	1	41	2	19	2	7	4	3	1	1	US$1,312,372.80

Previous Corrientes Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	16	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2013	Fuzhou Open	16	5th	300	US$6,500.00
CEV	8/22-26/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	2	2nd	540	€ 4,000.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	26, Q4	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	30, Q6	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	31	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	Q9	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	31, Q11	25th	80	US$3,500.00
CEV	5/30-6/3/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	12	5th	480	€ 4,000.00
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	29	25th	60	US$2,000.00

Corrientes Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/23/2013	Pool C	Yaroslav Koshkarev / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (19, Q3)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:33
Thu, 5/23/2013	Pool C	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (30)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:31
Fri, 5/24/2013	Pool C	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (3)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:34
Fri, 5/24/2013	Winner 1	Julian Azaad / Ian Mehamed, Argentina (1)	Won 22-20, 21-13	0:39
Sat, 5/25/2013	Winner 2	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (6)	Lost 21-18, 16-21, 7-15	0:50

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	6	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	$110,000.00
World Tour Finals	6	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	$100,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	69	1	6	4	3	13	0	22	1	8	5	6	$746,450.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	41	3	4	3	2	9	0	7	0	9	2	2	$247,775.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00
Confederation Championship	15	1	0	1	3	4	0	5	0	1	0	0	$66,500.00
Total	143	8	10	9	10	29	1	39	1	21	7	8	$1,285,225.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Alexander Brouwer												Robert Meeuwsen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
6	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$55,000.00	World Championships	6	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$55,000.00
6	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	$50,250.00	World Tour Finals	6	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	$50,250.00
83	2	6	4	5	18	24	9	5	10	$434,475.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	69	1	6	4	3	13	23	8	5	6	$373,225.00
47	3	4	3	2	10	7	9	3	6	$126,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	43	3	4	3	2	9	7	9	2	4	$123,887.50
4	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,000.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$475.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
16	1	0	2	3	4	5	1	0	0	$38,250.00	Confederation Championship	15	1	0	1	3	4	5	1	0	0	$33,250.00
168	9	11	10	12	37	43	22	8	16	$711,550.00	Total	149	8	10	9	10	31	41	21	8	11	$643,087.50

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2011	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	$8,400.00	10	12	45.5 %
2011	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	6	5	54.5 %
2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	4	2	$32,100.00	20	17	54.1 %
2012	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	8	3	72.7 %
2013	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$17,500.00	10	4	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	4	4	8	$58,000.00	40	33	54.8 %
Total	CEV	6	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	$15,000.00	14	9	60.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Alexander Brouwer													Robert Meeuwsen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$475.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2009	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	$4,200.00	2011	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	$4,200.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$3,500.00	2011	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$3,500.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	$16,050.00	2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	2	$16,050.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2012	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$8,750.00	2013	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$8,750.00
40	0	2	0	0	4	8	4	5	17	$37,500.00	Total	Total	33	0	1	0	0	4	7	4	5	12	$36,975.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	250	68.1%	60	16.3%	57	15.5%	310-57	84.5%	56	26.7%	50	23.8%	104	49.5%	56-154	26.7%	250-104	70.6%	116-107	52.0%	14	5	380-216	63.8%
2012-2013	44	65.7%	8	11.9%	15	22.4%	52-15	77.6%	7	25.0%	2	7.1%	19	67.9%	7-21	25.0%	44-19	69.8%	15-17	46.9%	1	0	60-36	62.5%
Against the Field	45	61.6%	13	17.8%	15	20.5%	58-15	79.5%	9	18.4%	9	18.4%	31	63.3%	9-40	18.4%	90-56	61.6%	44-48	47.8%	2	1	69-53	56.6%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	14	4	0	0	6	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	22	9
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	11	9	0	0	3	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	14	16
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	16	8	116	61	0	0	52	40	7	7	4	3	1	6	196	125
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	2	59	14	0	0	39	28	7	5	3	2	3	4	125	60
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	6	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	15	3
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	34	6	0	0	17	10	1	4	1	3	1	0	54	23
Total	0	0	23	10	244	96	0	0	125	89	18	19	9	10	8	10	434	239

Head to Head Results
Brouwer/Meeuwsen lead the series against the field 13-12 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 6 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Azaad/Mehamed, Argentina 1-0
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	Azaad/Mehamed	1	22-20, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-2
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool K	Cerutti/Rego	2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31	21-19, 21-17	0:34
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Cerutti/Rego	2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31, Q11	21-16, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 3 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-2
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool C	Lupo/Nicolai	3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	21-16, 21-17	0:34
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Lupo/Nicolai	15	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31, Q11	17-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:47
10/6/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Contender 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	28, Q7	Lupo/Nicolai	12	21-19, 14-21, 21-19	0:53
Trail the series against # 5 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-2
10/7/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Contender 2	Erdmann/Matysik	6	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	28, Q7	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:53
8/13/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Winner 3	Erdmann/Matysik	4	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	21	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Series tied with # 6 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-1
5/25/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	18-21, 21-16, 15-7	0:50
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool N	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	12	Fijalek/Prudel	5	21-14, 29-31, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 16, Q1 Doppler/Horst, Austria 3-0
7/19/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool P	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	26, Q4	Doppler/Horst	10	21-17, 21-19	0:37
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31	Doppler/Horst	29	21-18, 21-14	0:36
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31, Q11	Doppler/Horst	Q6	21-13, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 17 Brink/Fuchs, Germany 1-0
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	16	Brink/Fuchs	17	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 18, Q2 Koreng/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-0
5/1/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool A	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	16	Koreng/Walkenhorst	17	21-10, 22-20	0:32
Lead the series against # 19, Q3 Koshkarev/Semenov, Russia 2-0
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool C	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	Koshkarev/Semenov	19, Q3	21-19, 21-14	0:33
8/10/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool N	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	21	Koshkarev/Semenov	12	19-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:46
Series tied with # 20, Q4 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-1
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Huber/Seidl	32, Q9	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	16	18-21, 21-10, 15-11	0:43
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	16	Huber/Seidl	32, Q9	21-19, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 28, Q11 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 0-1
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Felipe/Goncalves	24	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	16	21-18, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 29, Q12 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 0-1
6/7/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27, Q14	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	Q30	21-17, 18-21, 17-15	0:53
Series tied with # 30 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-1
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool C	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	Kantor/Losiak	30	21-14, 21-14	0:31
5/18/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 1	Kantor/Losiak	Q40	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	Q25	21-19, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 32 Hadrava/Kufa, Czechia 0-1
8/26/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Gold Medal	Hadrava/Kufa	4	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	23-21, 17-21, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # Q25 Hatch/Schachter, Canada 1-0
5/1/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool A	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	16	Hatch/Schachter	32, Q30	21-16, 21-12	0:29